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Self-confident

Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.

Self-conjugate

Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.

Self-conscious

Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.

Self-consistent

Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.

Self-contained

Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.

Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.

Self-contradiction

The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

Self-control

Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

Self-convicted

Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.

Self-conviction

The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.

Self-created

Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.

Self-culture

Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

Self-deceit

The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.

Self-deceived

Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.

Self-defense

The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-defensive

Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-degradation

The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.

Self-delusion

The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.

Self-denial

The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

Self-denying

Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.

Self-destructive

Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

Self-determination

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Self-determining

Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Self-devotion

The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

Self-discipline

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Self-educated

Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

Self-elective

Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

Self-esteem

The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

Self-evident

Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.

Self-evolution

Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.

Self-exaltation

The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

Self-examinant

One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.

Self-examination

An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

Self-excite

To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.

Self-existence

Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God.

Self-existent

Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

self-explaining

Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Self-exposure

The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.

Self-fertilization

The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

Self-government

The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.

Self-hardening

Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels.

Self-heal

A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.

Self-help

of, pertaining to, or useful for the process of developing one's capabilities or solving one's problems; as, self-help books on writing for profit.

Self-ignorance

Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-importance

An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

Self-important

Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Self-imposed

Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.

Self-induction

Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.

Self-indulgence

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Self-interest

Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

Self-involution

Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

Self-kindled

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.

Self-knowing

Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-knowledge

Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

Self-life

Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.

Self-love

The love of one's self; desire for personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.

Self-luminous

Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.

Self-motion

Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneous or voluntary motion.

Self-moved

Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

Self-moving

Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

Self-opinion

Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.

Self-opinioned

Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.

Self-partiality

That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.

Self-posited

Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.

Self-positing

The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.

Self-possessed

Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

Self-possession

The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

Self-registering

Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

Self-reliance

Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

Self-reliant

Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

Self-renunciation

The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

Self-repelling

Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.

Self-repetition

Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.

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